The Glenwood Springs, Colo., family sold their home, packed the necessities and hit the road.

After 19 months travelling in the United States — they clocked nearly 72,000 kilometres in 24 states — the Kelloggs partnered with GoRVing Canada for a Canadian journey.

They have been be showcasing their lifestyle at stops along their route through Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Their RV, a 1999 Georgie Boy Cruise Master has about 28 square metres of space filled with a bathroom, a bedroom, a booth that converts into a bed and two sofas that do the same.

That’s room for maybe, just maybe, six people. They also have plenty of tools for cooking, including a stove, an oven, a microwave, and a collection of blenders, juicers and other gizmos.

But where does everybody sleep?

According to Susie, it’s not really a problem.

“Everybody just kind of falls asleep on top of each other. Nobody’s ever complained about sleeping arrangements.”

While hard to believe at first, the family has made it all work nicely. They have a small refrigerator so they stop for fresh food every three days but can store several weeks’ worth of canned and dried goods in the various storage areas in the RV.

They don’t have too much space for clothing, but even if they did, the clothes don’t last long with the active lifestyle that goes with RV living, said Dan, who continues to work from the road.

“We totally wear our clothes out. With this many kids you always pass things down but that doesn’t work as well in the RV because they wear things out faster because they’re outside all the time.”

While being in a small, confined space with 13 family members may seem like a nightmare to some, the Kelloggs describe it as a pleasure, saying they rarely fight.

“Just typical little things but nothing major ever,” said Susie. “It’s the lifestyle. How can you hang on to little trials and tribulations when you jump out of the RV and see mountains or a gorgeous river? The fun we experience let’s us let everything else go.”

Obvious to any onlooker is shocked at how happy this family appears, spending every minute together exploring North America. They especially like to kayak and snowboard together.

The kids are homeschooled with Susie emphasizing math, reading and writing. The kids learn a lot of history and geography as they get a first-hand look of places most kids only see in textbooks. They also have first-hand experience fixing and maintaining all the family’s equipment.

“Everything breaks down so they learn life-skills,” said Susie.

The kids have become regular MacGyvers learning to solve problems on the go like when the young ones made their fishing rods float by attaching foam to the reels.

The route across the States was far from intentional.

“We go wherever we decide to go, there’s no planning,” said Susie.

A big draw to Canada for the Kelloggs is kayaking on the Ottawa River and that is not surprising, as kayaking is where it all began. The family attended some kayaking events around Colorado and had so much fun they bought an RV and continued to travel.

“We realized this would be great for the whole family,” said Dan.

A four-month trip across the U.S. was the turning point for the Kelloggs, said Susie. None of them wanted to stop travelling.

“That was the moment where we were like, ‘Whoa, nobody wants to go home, this is amazing.’”

From that point on, there was nothing but the road for the Kelloggs.

When asked how long the family can stay on the road, Dan and Susie quickly respond in tandem, “forever.”